Cora+Lewis


 * SUMMARY: Cora Lewis, age 23, died December 3, 1983 after an abortion at Inglewood Women's Hospital in Los Angeles, CA. **

Cora Mae Lewis is one of six abortion deaths currently attributed to [|Inglewood Women's Hospital] (aka Inglewood Women's Clinic) in Los Angeles County.

Twenty-three-year-old Cora had her [|safe and legal abortion] at Inglewood on November 4, 1983. She had gonorrhea at the time of the abortion, which led to inflammation of the cervix and uterus.

Cora developed fever and chills after her abortion, and was finally admitted to a hospital on November 11. She was aggressively treated for pneumonia, including surgery, but died December 3. The coroner attributed her death to pneumonia and lung abscess contributed to by the uterine and cervical inflammation.

Other abortion deaths at Inglewood include Kathy Murphy (September, 1973), Lynette Wallace (September, 1975), Elizabeth Tsuji (February, 1978), Yvonne Tanner (August, 1984), and Belinda Byrd (January, 1987),

Sources: LA County Coroner Report No. 83-15079

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